Barth Had Mozart, I Have Sigur Rós

I picked up the latest release from Sigur Rós this week, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust and it's fantastic. While quite a bit different than previous releases (with only a couple of 9+ minute epic arrangements) when i hear the utter beauty of their music I can't help but think of Barth's "secular parables," especially analagous to his love of Mozart. It is safe to say that the band members themselves have no concept of what I'm talking about, yet to use Barth's words, they don't "will to proclaim the praise of God.  (They) just do it."  With their beautiful, grandiose arrangements and instrumentation they are secular parables to God's goodness to the world in creation.  With spectacles of faith we see that the beauty found in creation ultimately points to the one who is archetypally beautiful.  We understand that all we have now is a taste far too small to satisfy our longings, but if anything they exist to keep us hungry for more.